Good morning, 4 miles for me this morning in 36:35 Happy new year everyone a day late. Cheers, Mike

Ditto on temps, wind and real feel temp as WRFB. Bundled and it was fine. Tory and I went for an EZPZ 6 mi in 56:01 (9:20, AHR 152.. high due too stiff wind portions..brr). Of course today is trash day so debris was everwhere! Steve

G'morning folks, Think I'll run later, it's 16* now, but it's suppose to warmup to 20* after while. be careful out there. jjj

Wow - so nice to see the old gang here! I took a vacation from the computer over the holidays and was dismayed to find the Boomers and Beyond pretty much abandoned when I logged on New Year's Eve. DH - bummer about the ankle - hope it is nothing serious. Be careful! I had a great 12 days off from work - I haven't had that much vacation time over the holidays since I was a resident at LSU. It made it very hard to come back to work. I finally achieved the goal I set a couple of years ago when I started training by heart rate. I wanted to be able to run a 6 mph pace with heart rate in the low 140's. When I started the training I was having to do 14 minute miles to keep my heart rate that low. I didn't make improvements by leaps and bounds, and it was frustrating at times, but it has definitely paid off in the long run. 6.15 miles on the treadmill this morning. Good runs to all! Sue

Hi all My calf is still sore, so no running yet....yeah, going through serious running withdrawals But I have spent 2 hours each day on my cycling trainer the past 2 days, which helps me keep my sanity. Nice runs all, some pretty cold temps out there. It's only 2 degrees here in Indiana with the wind chill 20 to 30 below zero. A quick question....with a calf strain or pull like I have, do I use ice? I only ask because ice make my calf hurt more, and I assume stretching is a bad idea till the pain is gone, right? Well, actually I can't find a stretch anyways that isolates the sore spot. Hope 2008 bring happiness and good running to all.... Tim

Good Morning! Lots of nice racing yesterday. {{{Dark Horse’s ankle and knee}}} {{{Erika’s dog – hope you find your way home soon}}} Sue – welcome! Someone was just asking about you. 5.1 slow (ave 11:30) miles for me today in 9 degrees, snow flurries, 16-20mph winds, and 4” of fresh snow. Bless that paper carrier, out before me and leaving a nice tire track for me to run on. After 2 miles I swung back by my house for my fleece hood, but other than that I was appropriately dressed and felt comfortably warm. Erika – those silk long underwear from Land’s End under my running pants are just the ticket for this weather – kept me toasty warm today. Thanks again for the tip. Temps here are supposed to be up near 60 on Monday. I love southern Ohio weather – you never know what to expect. Back at work today. No more work holidays for me until Memorial Day. Except for that long weekend at the end of April.

Sue, glad you found us! Back at work here, too. Big transition looming and it's not going to be pretty. Suffice it to say that my running forum life and my work life have a lot of parallels at the moment. 2 miles on the treadmill at the nearly deserted Y. First run in quite a while. My ankle was a little tender towards the end. Then a quick 800 in the pool. My most strenuous task this morning was digging the end of our driveway out from the snow plow. Good runs or workouts, Mark